Sale Title : signed ‘C h Sekano' (lower left) oil pastel on paper 76 x 51cm US$ 3,180-3,980 Charles Sekano is a South African artist who was forced to flee the apartheid regime, emigrating to Paris and then to Kenya where he worked as a visual artist and musician in Nairobi during the 1980s. He was part of a select group of Gallery Watatu artists under the guidance of Ruth Schaffner. His drawings and paintings celebrated the bohemian and multi-racial world of the Nairobi nightclubs that offered an escape from the oppression of the political regime of the time. Charles Sekano is widely collected and he has exhibited in Kenya, Holland, Germany, Japan and the U.S. His works are in private collections across the world and in various museums including Volkekunde Museum, Frankfurt, and the Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts.It's free to register now to view! Sale date : 05 Nov 2013It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale
